Arm rest for vehicles



Feb. 21, 1928. 1,660,043

$- P. NEMETH ET AL ARI REST FOR VEHICLES Filed Aug. 25. 1926 grrop/vu Patented Feb. 21, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STEI'FEN P. NEMETH AND EUGENE M. HAYDEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

ARM BEST FOR VEHICLES.

Application filed August 25, 1926. Serial No. 131,442.

This invention relates to improvements in arm rests for vehicles and more particularly for automobiles. One object is to provide a simple, compact and eflicient arm rest that is cheap to manufacture and positive in operation.

A further object is to provide an arm rest that can be folded when not in use and that is adjustable to permit its application to the vehicle doors or to other parts of the vehicle, as to the windows or elsewhere.

With the foregoing and otherobjects in view the invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts to be herein= after fully described, pointed out in the appended claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawing which forms a part of this application and in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the arm rest.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view illustrating the adjustable feature.

Fig. 3 is a corner view, enlarged, of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view of Fig. 1 in side elevation.

Fig. 5 is a view of Fig. '4: with the parts folded.

Like reference characters denote corre sponding parts throughout the several views.

The arm rest is intended primarily for attachmentto the vehicle doors and it is made adjustable so that its side arms can be secured by screws to the door sockets which in doors of different cars are spaced varying distances apart. The device is so constructed that it may be attached also to the window sills of the two-door coach type car.

The arm rest comprises two metal straps 1 each of which comprises a bent end 2 having a perforation 3, the longer portion of the strap lying flat againstthe vehicle body or door and the bent end being disposed upon the top edge of the door or window sill. When the device is applied to the door the perforation 3 in the bent end is disposed over the door socket so that a screw passing through the strap end will enter'the socket to secure the strap in position.

Each strap adjacent its lower or straight end is formed with an ear at which is secured by a. rivet 5 either to a similar ear 6 7 formed upon the rest plate 7 or to an ear 8 of the connecting plate 9, a screw 10 carried by the plate 9 riding in a longitudinal slot 11 in the plate 7, said slot 11 having one enlarged end '12 of greater diameter than thediameter of the'head of the screw 10 to permit withdrawal of that member when desired.

The corners and edge of the plates 7 and 9 remote from the straps 1. are rounded while the edge 13 of the plate 7 and the'corresponding edge of the plate 9 are perfectly straight and in the operative position of said plates, illustrated in Figs. 1, 3 and 4, are in engagement with the straps 1 thus aifording a firm support for said plates withoutplacing a strain upon the rivet hinges, this is due to the fact also that the ears 4 of the strapsare above the straight ends thereof.

lVhen the device is secured by its straps 1 to the vehicle and the plates 7, 9 in operative or extended position as shown in F ig. 1 it is ready for use, the driver or passenger of the vehicle resting his arm upon the plate 7. When not i in use the device may be folded up against the vehicle or door in an out of the way position as shown in Fig. 5.

.What is claimed is In an arm rest, angular supporting straps, ears formed laterally of said straps and spaced upwardly from the ends thereof, a rest plate having one longitudinal straight edge and rounded corners remote from said edge, an ear formed at one corner of said rest plate, a support plate adjustably secured to said rest plate, said support plate having corners and one edge identical with those of the rest plate, and an ear formed at one corner of said support plate, the ears of said plates being pivotally connected to the said strap ears and forming supports for said plates at their relatively remote ends, said plates being adapted to fold upwardly toward said straps when not in use and when in operative position bearing against said straps, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto affixed our signatures.

STEFFEN P. NEMETH. EUGENE M. HAYDEN. 

